Position Summary

The Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University (MSU), a national leader in teacher preparation and research on teaching, teacher learning, curriculum, policy, and international education, is seeking a full professor in teaching and teacher education to serve as department chair. This position offers an exciting opportunity for providing leadership, encouraging innovation, and supporting colleagues in advancing the work of a vibrant department of teacher education.

We seek a candidate with a future-oriented vision for transforming teacher education, grounded in the principles of justice and equity and informed by scholarship and experience, who desires the opportunity to collaboratively enact this vision. This person will be committed to humanistic leadership of a dynamic department that is research and grant productive, dedicated to quality teaching, and concerned for the professional growth, dignity, and well-being of all members of the Teacher Education community, including faculty, staff, and students. Ideal candidates will also have strong communication, organizational, administrative, and fiduciary skills.

The Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University is a large department, with a long history in scholarly and innovative approaches to teaching and teacher education.

For 24 years in a row, the Department has been ranked No. 1 in elementary education and secondary education. Our five-year teacher preparation program works in collaboration with communities and schools in the Detroit, Chicago, Lansing, and Grand Rapids areas. Candidates with a significant interest in collaboration with such diverse communities are especially encouraged to apply. The chair serves as the chief academic, fiscal, and administrative officer for the Department and is responsible for fostering excellence in the Department’s research, teaching and outreach/service activities, and College of Education, in which it is housed.

The Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University is distinguished for its commitment to scholarly inquiry in teaching and learning, broadly defined. It is one of four departments in the College of Education, and is the home to almost 60 tenure-track faculty, as well as staff, fixed-term faculty, specialists, and research and teaching assistants. The Department has a large elementary and secondary teacher preparation program, as well as an online MATC program, and a doctoral program.

Description of Duties:

Leading the faculty, staff, and students in carrying out the work of the department, helping it to continue to thrive and advance

Actively contributing to conversations about teaching and teacher education at the local, state, national, and international levels

Ability to engage faculty, staff and students in professional growth and development

Management skills relative to planning, budgeting and administration

Required Application Materials

Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, three examples of scholarship, and names and contact information of three references.

Special Instructions

Review of applications will begin October 1, 2018 and will continue until the position is filled. Please see our department website (www.education.msu.edu/te/) and College website (www.educ.msu.edu/) for information about our work.

Review of Applications Begins On

10/01/2018

MSU Statement

Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.

Internal Number: 520420

About Michigan State University

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.